On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 09:58:43AM -0700, Alex Daniloff wrote:
Data safety and redundancy problem is solved by replicating one database on another (master - slave relationship). [snip] This approach eliminates nessesity in tape drive and periodical backup procedures.
My comment is that you *still* need to do a backup to removable media (tape) unless your slave server is physically far away. You need to rotate those tapes offsite as well to make sure your data is safe. Otherwise, one broken water pipe or a fire will not only wipe out your hardware, but all of the data. Offsite storage of the data is the only to be safe. Now, if your backup server is two blocks away in a different building, you would probably be OK. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ Got spam? Get spastic http://spastic.sourceforge.net